Mycobacterium canettii, the smooth variant of M. tuberculosis, isolated from a Swiss patient exposed in Africa.

abstract：:Although surgical site infections (SSIs) are known to cause substantial illness and costs during the index hospitalization, little information exists about the impact of infections diagnosed after discharge, which constitute the majority of SSIs. In this study, using patient questionnaire and administrative databases,...

journal_title：Emerging infectious diseases

authors： Perencevich EN,Sands KE,Cosgrove SE,Guadagnoli E,Meara E,Platt R

更新日期：2003-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We report the epidemiologic characteristics of Crimean-Congo hemorrhagic fever in Bulgaria, as well as the first genetic characterization of the virus strains circulating in the country in 2002 to 2003 that caused disease in humans. ...

journal_title：Emerging infectious diseases

authors： Papa A,Christova I,Papadimitriou E,Antoniadis A

更新日期：2004-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Previous evidence has suggested an association between consumption of unfiltered water from Loch Lomond, Scotland, and cryptosporidiosis. Before November 1999, this water had been only microstrained and disinfected with chlorine; however, since that time, physical treatment of the water (coagulation, rapid gravity fil...

journal_title：Emerging infectious diseases

authors： Pollock KG,Young D,Smith HV,Ramsay CN

更新日期：2008-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Blastomyces dermatitidis, a fungus that can cause fatal infection in humans and other mammals, is not readily recoverable from soil, its environmental reservoir. Because of the red fox's widespread distribution, susceptibility to B. dermatitidis, close association with soil, and well-defined home ranges, this animal h...

journal_title：Emerging infectious diseases

authors： Nemeth NM,Campbell GD,Oesterle PT,Shirose L,McEwen B,Jardine CM

更新日期：2016-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Zoonoses with a wildlife reservoir represent a major public health problem, affecting all continents. Hundreds of pathogens and many different transmission modes are involved, and many factors influence the epidemiology of the various zoonoses. The importance and recognition of wildlife as a reservoir of zoonoses are ...

journal_title：Emerging infectious diseases

authors： Kruse H,kirkemo AM,Handeland K

更新日期：2004-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We prospectively studied 298 patients with cystic fibrosis (mean age 11.3 years; range 2 months to 32 years; sex ratio, 0.47) for nontuberculous mycobacteria in respiratory samples from January 1, 1996, to December 31, 1999. Mycobacterium abscessus was by far the most prevalent nontuberculous mycobacterium: 15 patient...

journal_title：Emerging infectious diseases

authors： Sermet-Gaudelus I,Le Bourgeois M,Pierre-Audigier C,Offredo C,Guillemot D,Halley S,Akoua-Koffi C,Vincent V,Sivadon-Tardy V,Ferroni A,Berche P,Scheinmann P,Lenoir G,Gaillard JL

更新日期：2003-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Lassa virus, the cause of Lassa fever in humans, is endemic to West Africa. Treatment of Lassa fever is primarily supportive, although ribavirin has shown limited efficacy if administered early during infection. We tested favipiravir in Lassa virus-viremic macaques and found that 300 mg/kg daily for 2 weeks successful...

journal_title：Emerging infectious diseases

authors： Rosenke K,Feldmann H,Westover JB,Hanley PW,Martellaro C,Feldmann F,Saturday G,Lovaglio J,Scott DP,Furuta Y,Komeno T,Gowen BB,Safronetz D

更新日期：2018-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Serum specimens from fruit bats were obtained at restaurants in Cambodia. We detected antibodies cross-reactive to Nipah virus by enzyme immunoassay in 11 (11.5%) of 96 Lyle's flying foxes (Pteropus lylei). Our study suggests that viruses closely related to Nipah or Hendra viruses are more widespread in Southeast Asia...

journal_title：Emerging infectious diseases

authors： Olson JG,Rupprecht C,Rollin PE,An US,Niezgoda M,Clemins T,Walston J,Ksiazek TG

更新日期：2002-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Laboratory-confirmed cases of subclinical infection with avian influenza A(H5N1) virus in humans are rare, and the true number of these cases is unknown. We describe the identification of a laboratory-confirmed subclinical case in a woman during an influenza A(H5N1) contact investigation in northern Vietnam. ...

journal_title：Emerging infectious diseases

authors： Le MQ,Horby P,Fox A,Nguyen HT,Le Nguyen HK,Hoang PM,Nguyen KC,de Jong MD,Jeeninga RE,Rogier van Doorn H,Farrar J,Wertheim HF

更新日期：2013-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Diabetes mellitus and hypertension are recognized risk factors for severe clinical outcomes, including death, associated with Middle East respiratory syndrome coronavirus infection. Among 32 virus-infected patients in Saudi Arabia, severity of illness and frequency of death corresponded closely with presence of multip...

journal_title：Emerging infectious diseases

authors： Alanazi KH,Abedi GR,Midgley CM,Alkhamis A,Alsaqer T,Almoaddi A,Algwizani A,Ghazal SS,Assiri AM,Jokhdar H,Gerber SI,Alabdely H,Watson JT

更新日期：2020-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In April 2005, 4 transplant recipients became ill after receiving organs infected with lymphocytic choriomeningitis virus (LCMV); 3 subsequently died. All organs came from a donor who had been exposed to a hamster infected with LCMV. The hamster was traced back through a Rhode Island pet store to a distribution center...

journal_title：Emerging infectious diseases

authors： Amman BR,Pavlin BI,Albariño CG,Comer JA,Erickson BR,Oliver JB,Sealy TK,Vincent MJ,Nichol ST,Paddock CD,Tumpey AJ,Wagoner KD,Glauer RD,Smith KA,Winpisinger KA,Parsely MS,Wyrick P,Hannafin CH,Bandy U,Zaki S,Rollin P

更新日期：2007-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Melioidosis is a life-threatening infectious disease caused by the gram-negative bacillus Burkholderia pseudomallei. An effective vaccine is needed, but data on protective immune responses in human melioidosis are lacking. We used ELISA and an antibody-dependent cellular phagocytosis assay to identify the major featur...

journal_title：Emerging infectious diseases

authors： Chaichana P,Jenjaroen K,Chumseng S,Sumonwiriya M,Rongkard P,Kronsteiner B,Teparrukkul P,Limmathurotsakul D,Day NPJ,Chantratita N,Dunachie SJ

更新日期：2021-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Brucella suis infection was diagnosed in a man from Tonga, Polynesia, who had butchered swine in Oregon, USA. Although the US commercial swine herd is designated brucellosis-free, exposure history suggested infection from commercial pigs. We used whole-genome sequencing to determine that the man was infected in Tonga,...

journal_title：Emerging infectious diseases

authors： Quance C,Robbe-Austerman S,Stuber T,Brignole T,DeBess EE,Boyd L,LeaMaster B,Tiller R,Draper J,Humphrey S,Erdman MM

更新日期：2016-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Fungal endophthalmitis is a rare but serious infection. In March 2012, several cases of probable and laboratory-confirmed fungal endophthalmitis occurring after invasive ocular procedures were reported nationwide. We identified 47 cases in 9 states: 21 patients had been exposed to the intraocular dye Brilliant Blue G ...

journal_title：Emerging infectious diseases

authors： Mikosz CA,Smith RM,Kim M,Tyson C,Lee EH,Adams E,Straif-Bourgeois S,Sowadsky R,Arroyo S,Grant-Greene Y,Duran J,Vasquez Y,Robinson BF,Harris JR,Lockhart SR,Török TJ,Mascola L,Park BJ,Fungal Endophthalmitis Outbreak Resp

更新日期：2014-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Hepatitis E virus (HEV) is a zoonotic virus for which pigs are the primary animal reservoir. To investigate whether HEV occurs in mink in Denmark, we screened feces and tissues from domestic and wild mink. Our finding of a novel HEV variant supports previous findings of HEV variants in a variety of species. ...

journal_title：Emerging infectious diseases

authors： Krog JS,Breum SØ,Jensen TH,Larsen LE

更新日期：2013-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A mark-recapture longitudinal study of immunoglobulin G (IgG) antibody to Sin Nombre virus (SNV) in rodent populations in western Colorado (1994-results summarized to October 1997) indicates the presence of SNV or a closely related hantavirus at two sites. Most rodents (principally deer mice, Peromyscus maniculatus, a...

journal_title：Emerging infectious diseases

authors： Calisher CH,Sweeney W,Mills JN,Beaty BJ

更新日期：1999-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Despite high vaccination coverage in most European countries, large community outbreaks of measles do occur, normally clustered around schools and resulting from suboptimal vaccination coverage. To determine whether or when it is worth implementing outbreak-response vaccination campaigns in schools, we used stochastic...

journal_title：Emerging infectious diseases

authors： Bonačić Marinović AA,Swaan C,Wichmann O,van Steenbergen J,Kretzschmar M

更新日期：2012-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Vaccination with the 13-valent conjugated pneumococcal disease (PCV13) has reduced invasive pneumococcal disease (IPD), but there have been reports of vaccine failures. We performed a prospective study in children aged 2-59 months who received diagnoses of IPD during January 2012-June 2016 in 3 pediatric hospitals in ...

journal_title：Emerging infectious diseases

authors： Hernández S,Moraga-Llop F,Díaz A,de Sevilla MF,Ciruela P,Muñoz-Almagro C,Codina G,Campins M,García-García JJ,Esteva C,Izquierdo C,González-Peris S,Martínez-Osorio J,Uriona S,Salleras L,Domínguez Á

更新日期：2020-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:During a 2014 outbreak, 450 patients with confirmed chikungunya virus infection were admitted to the University Hospital of Pointe-à-Pitre, Guadeloupe. Of these, 110 were nonpregnant adults; 42 had severe disease, and of those, 25 had severe sepsis or septic shock and 12 died. Severe sepsis may be a rare complication ...

journal_title：Emerging infectious diseases

authors： Rollé A,Schepers K,Cassadou S,Curlier E,Madeux B,Hermann-Storck C,Fabre I,Lamaury I,Tressières B,Thiery G,Hoen B

更新日期：2016-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We determined if infection indicators were sufficiently consistent across health plans to allow comparison of hospitals' risks of infection after coronary artery bypass surgery. Three managed care organizations accounted for 90% of managed care in eastern Massachusetts, from October 1996 through March 1999. We searche...

journal_title：Emerging infectious diseases

authors： Platt R,Kleinman K,Thompson K,Dokholyan RS,Livingston JM,Bergman A,Mason JH,Horan TC,Gaynes RP,Solomon SL,Sands KE

更新日期：2002-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A patient who had initial infection with mixed strains of drug-susceptible and multidrug-resistant tuberculosis was presumed to have acquired drug resistance before confirmation that sequential strains were genotypically distinct. Transmitted infection with mixed strains is likely underappreciated; identifying these i...

journal_title：Emerging infectious diseases

authors： Baffoe-Bonnie A,Houpt ER,Turner L,Dodge D,Heysell SK

更新日期：2019-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Leishmaniasis is a zoonotic disease caused by predominantly vectorborne Leishmania spp. In the United States, canine visceral leishmaniasis is common among hounds, and L. infantum vertical transmission among hounds has been confirmed. We found that L. infantum from hounds remains infective in sandflies, underscoring t...

journal_title：Emerging infectious diseases

authors： Schaut RG,Robles-Murguia M,Juelsgaard R,Esch KJ,Bartholomay LC,Ramalho-Ortigao M,Petersen CA

更新日期：2015-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:After returning from Europe to the United States, on March 1, 2020, a symptomatic teacher received positive test results for severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2. Of the 21 students exposed to the teacher in the classroom, serologic results suggested past infection for 2. Classroom contact may result in vir...

journal_title：Emerging infectious diseases

authors： Brown NE,Bryant-Genevier J,Bandy U,Browning CA,Berns AL,Dott M,Gosciminski M,Lester SN,Link-Gelles R,Quilliam DN,Sejvar J,Thornburg NJ,Wolff BJ,Watson J

更新日期：2020-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We describe a patient in Wuhan, China, with severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 infection who had progressive pulmonary lesions and rhabdomyolysis with manifestations of lower limb pain and fatigue. Rapid clinical recognition of rhabdomyolysis symptoms in patients with severe acute respiratory syndrome cor...

journal_title：Emerging infectious diseases

authors： Jin M,Tong Q

更新日期：2020-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Powassan virus (POWV) lineage II is an emerging tickborne flavivirus with an unknown seroprevalence in humans. In a Lyme disease-endemic area, we examined the seroreactivity to POWV in 2 patient cohorts and described the clinical features of the POWV-seroreactive patients. POWV disease might be less neuroinvasive than...

journal_title：Emerging infectious diseases

authors： Frost HM,Schotthoefer AM,Thomm AM,Dupuis AP 2nd,Kehl SC,Kramer LD,Fritsche TR,Harrington YA,Knox KK

更新日期：2017-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:During May-August 2016, mumps virus genotype K was detected in 12 Vietnam citizens who entered China at the Shuikou border crossing and 1 girl from China. We provide evidence that mumps genotype K is circulating in Vietnam and was imported to China from Vietnam. ...

journal_title：Emerging infectious diseases

authors： Liu W,Deng L,Lin X,Wang X,Ma Y,Deng Q,Xue X,Zhong G,Jin L

更新日期：2018-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Vibrio cholerae in O-group 139 was first isolated in 1992 and by 1993 had been found throughout the Indian subcontinent. This epidemic expansion probably resulted from a single source after a lateral gene transfer (LGT) event that changed the serotype of an epidemic V. cholerae O1 El Tor strain to O139. However, some ...

journal_title：Emerging infectious diseases

authors： Garg P,Aydanian A,Smith D,J Glenn M Jr,Nair GB,Stine OC

更新日期：2003-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The expansion of hypervirulent sequence type 4821 clonal complex (CC4821) lineage Neisseria meningitidis bacteria has led to a shift in meningococcal disease epidemiology in China, from serogroup A (MenA) to MenC. Knowledge of the evolution and genetic origin of the emergent MenC strains is limited. In this study, we ...

journal_title：Emerging infectious diseases

authors： Guo Q,Mustapha MM,Chen M,Qu D,Zhang X,Chen M,Doi Y,Wang M,Harrison LH

更新日期：2018-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Signs and symptoms of Shiga toxin-producing Escherichia coli (STEC) serogroup O157:H7 infection range from mild gastrointestinal to bloody diarrhea and hemolytic uremic syndrome (HUS). We assessed the association between Shiga toxin gene (stx) subtype and disease severity for »3,000 patients with STEC O157:H7 in Engla...

journal_title：Emerging infectious diseases

authors： Byrne L,Adams N,Jenkins C

更新日期：2020-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Trimethoprim/sulfamethoxazole (TMP/SMX) resistance remains a serious threat in the treatment of Stenotrophomonas maltophilia infections. We analyzed an international collection of 55 S. maltophilia TMP/SMX-sensitive (S) (n=30) and -resistant (R) (n=25) strains for integrons; sul1, sul2 and dhfr genes; and insertion el...

journal_title：Emerging infectious diseases

authors： Toleman MA,Bennett PM,Bennett DM,Jones RN,Walsh TR

更新日期：2007-04-01 00:00:00